Combined wash-stand and c h am b er-pail



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P. E BRA-HE. COMBINED WASH STAND AND OHAMBBRPAIL. No. 475,052. PatentedMay 1'7, 1892..

W/TNL'SSES. INVENTOR A T TORI/E Y5 ja w p NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FREDERICK H. BRAI-IE, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

COMBINED WASH-STAND AND CHAMBER-PAIL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 475,052, dated May 1'7,1892. Application filed September 5, 1891. Serial No. 404,801. (Nomodel.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FREDERICK H. BRAHE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in a Combined Wash-Standand Chamber-Pail, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a combined washstand and chamber-pail which isintended for use in the, sleeping apartments of hotels, boarding-houses,and similar buildings, so as to avoid the objectionable soiling of thefloor by spilling the urine when discharging the contents of thechamber-pot into the slop-jar, and by which a wash-basin is furnishedthe contents of which can be discharged directly into the slop-jar afterthe same has been used, so that a separate wash-stand may be dispensedwith.

The invention consists of a combined chamber-pail and wash-basin, whichcomprises a base or casing that extends around the slopjar, said casingbeing. open at the bottom and closed at the top, so as to act as a coverfor the pail. above the casing by means of suitable braces or stays, aconnecting-pipe between the receiving-basin and the top of the base orcasing, and a wash-basin that is guided in slotted ways supported bysuitable brackets on the receiving-basin, so as to be moved in forwardor backward direction, and a discharge-pipe that extends from the bottomof the wash-basin into the receiving-basin, so as to be placed in linewith the connecting-pipe between the basin and the top 'part of thecasing, and permit thereby the direct discharge of the contents of thewash-basin into the slop-jar.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a verticallongitudinal section of my improved chamber-pail and wash-stand on line1 1, Fig. 2. Fig. 2 is a top view of the same, parts being broken out.Fig. 3 is a vertical transverse section on line 3 3, Fig. 2.v

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

Referring to the drawings,Arepresents the base or casing of my improvedchamber-pail and wash-stand. This casing is open at the bottom' andclosed at the top and made of a A receiving-basin is supported height tocorrespond with the height of the slop-jar A, which the casing isintended to inclose.

' The top of the casing A is preferably perabove the bottom of thereceiving-basin D and recessed at one side, so that the projectingportion is of semicircular shape, said semicircular portion serving as astop or abutment d for the discharge-pipe E of a wash-basin E, which isguided by means of headed studs 6 in parallel slotted guideways ewhichare supported by upwardly-extending arms E on the receiving-basinD. The wash-basin E may be moved in forward direction until thedischarge-pipe E abuts against the semicircular upper part of theconnecting-pipe D in backward direction as far as the slotted ways ewill permit, in which case the discharge-pipe terminates in an extensionD of the receiving-basin D, as shown clearly in Figs. 1 and 2. Theparallel slotted guideways e are connected at their rear ends by atransverse piece E, which may be provided with depressions that formreceptacles for the soap, tooth-brush, and the like, theentire structurebeing preferably enameled, japanned, nickel-plated, or otherwisefinished, so as to present a neat and attractive appearance. A towelsupporting roller may be mounted and held on braces at the rear of thepiece e, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1.

The wash-basin E is provided with a plug f, that is attached by a chainf to the washbasin, said plug serving to close the upper end of thedischarge-pipe E when the basin is to be used. For this purposethewashbasin is moved in a forward direction in its guideways into theposition shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1. After the wash-basin has beenused the plug is removed and the contents of the same dischargeddirectly through the discharge-pipe E and the connecting pipe into theslop-pail. If the chamber-pot Icois to be discharged into the slop-jar,the Washbasin is removed-in its'guideways-in a back ward direction so asto clear the front part of the receiving-basin D, in which position itis out of the Way of the wash-basin, so that its contents can be readilydischarged into the receiving-basin, from which they are transferredinto the slop-jar. Any drippings from the wash-basin are conveyed by thedischarge-pipe into the receiving-basin and discharged from the sameinto the slop-jar, so that the contents of the wash-basin serve to someextent for flooding therec'eiving-basin and keeping the same in cleancondition. I

The structure combines the advantages of three different elementsnamely, a slop-jar, which is covered by the closing-casing A, areceiving-basin for the contentsoi" the chamber, and a wash-basin sothat the ordinary wash-stand and t-he'unsightly slop-j ars placedalongside of the same are'dispensed with and combine with a wash-basinin one structure.

The advantages'ofmy improved chamberpail and wash stand"arethatitcombinesin a 4 neat and convenient manner the function of a wash basinand reoeiving-b'asin "for the chamber with a slop ja'r, in which latterthe contentsofthe wash-basin and the chamber are discharged without-anyspilling of the same, as was frequently the" case heretofore.

It also pe'rmits'to-some extent the direct use of the ree'eiving-basinas a chamber without any spilling and-injuring of the carpet and withoutthe escape of obnoxious SIHGHSTI'ODI the sl'op-jar.-- The oil- 010m matusually used below theslop-ja'r may be dispensed with;

price'and durable constructionforms a very attractive structure forbed-rooms generally. Having' thus described my invention, I

claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. The combinationof a base or casing open at the bottom and closed at the top and adaptedto-inclose a slop-jar, a receivingbasin mounted stationary upon saidbase or casing and provided with an extension, a connecting-pipe betweenthe receiving-basin and the top of the casing, a sliding or movablewash-basin supported above the receiving-basin and adapted to slide insaid extension, and a discharge-pipe extending from the bottom of thewash-basin into the receiving-basin, substantially as described.

2. The combination of a baseor casing open at the bottom and closed atthe top and adapted to inclose a slop-jar, a receivingbasin mountedstationary upon said ,base or casing and provided with an extension aconnecting-pipe"between the receiving-bjasin and top' of the"casingihorizontal guides ex; tending'abovdthe' receiving-basin, awashbasin supported by and movable in said guides and in said extension,and a discharger pipe extending from the bottom of the wash,-

basin into the receiving-basin, substantially as described.

3. The'combination of acasingextending around the slop-jar and restingby'its top on the same, a receiving-basin supported'above basinsupported above: the 'receiving-ba sin and adapted to be moved inforward orback,

ward direction in said extension, and a dis eular upward extension orabutment which serves as astop' for'the sliding basima wash:

charge-pipe extending from' the' bottonrlof v the wash-basin intofthereceiving-basin,sub

stantially -as se'tforth.

Intestimon'y thatl claim the foregoing as my invention I havesignedinyname in pres;

ence of two subscribing witnesses. FREDERICK H. BRAHE Vitnesses: H. E.BROWN,

MARK D. SHAY.

